During a visit to parliament by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, Anthony Ruta hailed an elderly Ukrainian immigrant from his district as a hero, prompting a standing ovation.
Russia has accused the government in Kyiv of espousing Nazi ideals, despite Zelensky being Jewish and losing family members in the Holocaust, and the controversy was likely to add fodder to that narrative.
But Hunka actually served in the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, “a Nazi military unit whose crimes against humanity during the Holocaust are well-documented,” according to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.“This incident has compromised all 338 Members of Parliament,” the organization said, adding it had “handed a propaganda victory to Russia, distracting from what was a momentously significant display of unity between Canada and Ukraine.
Rota, who was first elected in 2004 and became speaker in 2019, apologized on Sunday, saying that he had “subsequently become aware of more information” which caused him to regret his remarks about Hunka.
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